USF Student Newspapers (Campus Edition / Oracle)

A USF student newspaper has existed since 1960. The University of South Florida Campus Edition was initially produced as a front page to each Monday edition of the Tampa Times. The production was run by the student newspaper staff and made available for distribution on campus. As the University grew, so did the student newspaper until it eventually became the Oracle in the Fall semester of 1966.

This digital collection currently contains all issues of the Campus Edition held in USF Tampa Library Special Collections. Early years of the Oracle are also included and may be added to in the future as resources become available.

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The Brahman was an unauthorized and short-lived monthly newspaper for the USF community. The paper began publication without informing USF administrators or asking for permission, but used USF’s name while charging a dime per copy. USF President John Allen’s administration told Brahman staff to cease and desist publication, implying legal action would be taken. For those interested in USF during the mid-1960s, the Brahman has numerous profiles of faculty and student activities.
USF's The Brahman

At the height of the counterculture in the early 1970s, the now-defunct Church of the Apocalypse published a short-lived alternative student newspaper to USF’s The Oracle. Named The Eye of the Beast, the newspaper kept students informed of local political and cultural events while tapping into the national student movement. Although the paper’s run was brief, it reveals a host of student concerns and interests unvarnished by university administrators.
Eye of the Beast